The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-03-11


cOhOl and other Wood Products
Direct Bearing Of the Process
on the Manufacture of Charcoal
Iron, which can thus be Made al
Less Cost than COlte Iron.
In view of the enormous increase
in the manufacture NJ Pig iron in
the South aud OF the large number
OF new blast furnaces that il is pro
posed to construct, close attention
must naturally be drawn to the
subject OF economy, aud the ques-
ton will arise whether The charcoal
I the coking process shall be adopt.
Cd In each furnace. 1t is unlver-
sally known that charcoal iron com
mands Il considerably higher price
than cokeiron. Hitherto, however,
in certain localities where coke is
tar more readily a%ttalnable, the
difference in The valae of the pro
duct has not cOunterbalamcPd the
great expense that would be incur.
red in obtaining the necessary wood
and converting it 10 charcoal. But
the immense timber resources of
the Southern States are now likely
to become Il far more important
factor in the manufacture of iron.
Charcoal blast furnaces will become
a far moro important factor IN the
manufacture of iron. Charcoal
blast furnaces will become more
and more numerous. In this con.
nection the process for the treat
mont of wood for charcoal and
alcohol aud other wood products,
invented by DIR. ii. NJ. Pierce,
LID. d., Is being widely discussed
and extensively adopted. With the
object of affOrding to the general
public and to those Interested in
the production of iron "A practical
idea of the nature OF DIR. Picrce'S
work, the following details are sub
United
1t must be stated beforehand that
by this system
FOUR DISTINCT PRODUCTS
are obtained from wood.
The fast of these is charcoal,
which in conjunction with ore and
limestone makes iron.
The second is alcooOl in a crude
state, which when rectiied pro {
duces wood spoutand alcoholene. 3
The third product consists of ]
uucondensable gasSes used for gen I
Grating heat, either in reducing {
wood to charcoal, in running boilers S
furnaces or in smelling iron r |
This last application is still in G
course Of development. t
The fourth product is composed \
of larry compounds, at present used y
fuel, aud which open out a large d
nndevelOled field, being capable of y
analiue dyes, preserving f
timber, roofing paper, etc.
So much for the scientific issues. I
Now as to the economy involved I
u the process: n
The average number of bushels II
charcoal required 10 make "A ton t;
iron is 100. THUS, a iifty-ton v
furnace will consume 5000 bushels 4
charcoal per day, or 1,S25,OO I,
bushels per year of 800 days. Now, u
he highest average yield of char. ],
,oal per cord OF wood, in the United
is forty bushels; it will thus +,
1925 cords OF wood to /;
make the 1926, 900 bushels of char 81
'oal tor a years operation of a fifty il
on furnace. All these calculations NJ
Ite based on the old process. Now y
compare i
DIR. PIERCEs SYSTEM, 81
Ehere the general average is fifty
bushels per cord OF wood, thus y
equlring but $4,000 cords of wood =
nd %etfecting IL saving of Hips p
ords, Org per cent of all the wood. TX
Pursuing the economy of the new h'
still further and taking !"
hese $4,000 cords of wood, it may u
q assumed that they will cost "
LOO per cord or Sol, $50 ia all. y
The expenses of hauling, placing "a !,
q kilns, etc, will amount to twenty 81
per cord, or $1,000. Finally, y,
be expense of reducing kilns to %
harcoal aud running alcohol de-
aTtment, will be at the outside Sl2 M
er day, or 1880 a year. The sum m
Dtal OF these OUTLAWS is $63, CT
Against this place the Weld of in
which, by DIR. Pierce's pro. n
ess, will be three GALLONS per cord. mn
T on the $4,000 cords IO3, 800 gal. In
which. at 60 cents "a gallon "a ia
cry low estimate), will be worth
1t will thus be seen that
le charcoal, as left on the kIlns III
for the furnace, is not only tn
aid for by n of the by-prOducts, be
ut that a margin of S5245 is left M
yer tor incidental expenses. be
The value of this saving per year 0
! running q ffty-ton furnace is
lirly estimated by the value of tue
larcoal paid for by the wood al. ell
biol, which is rs follows: ii,
The average value per bushel OF yC
larcOal used by the furnaces of
his country is 6 cents; 1926, 900 W,
nshels at 6 cents are e1O9, 500. ",
has a furnace using DIR. Pierce's CHI
Tstsm would make over one get
ng its charcoal in the ordinary
no less than.
Ne HUNDRED AND NINE THOUSAND or
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. at